Jessi Rose

H is for Hummingbird (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about hummingbirds. They loved making a clothes pin hummingbird pet. We got our recourses from the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Hummingbird Science

We read from the Abeka Preschool Language Development Cards to learn more hummingbirds.
We learned more about hummingbirds by watching this Animals for Kids Hummingbirds video.
I printed out the Hummingbird Life Cycle poster for the girls to study as well.
They also love watching The Wild Kratts Hummingbird Creature Power.

Hummingbird Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter H. My 3 year old had a capital H and lowercase h with tracing arrows, along with a hummingbird to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing H’s and h’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Hummingbird Craft

I drew a simple hummingbird on some thick paper for the girls to paint with their watercolors.
Next I cut them out and we glued them to a clothes pin.
I folded the wings up and added a piece of tape across the bottom of the clothes pin.
Now when they close the clothes pin it moves the wings up and down.

Three Hummingbird

The girls each had a similar number 3 paper for counting hummingbirds. My 3 year old had the number 3 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and a globe to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 3’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Hummingbird Worksheets

She likes making patterns, so I found this Hummingbird Patterns worksheet for her to complete.
I printed out these How Many Hummingbirds papers. They cut out the numbers at the bottom of the paper and then counted the hummingbirds and glued the correct number under each row of hummingbirds.

Hummingbird Shapes

I printed out some worksheets to review shapes. They traced the shapes that matched the flower shapes.

Hummingbird Color Match

I printed out the Hummingbird Color Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She reviewed each color as she matched up the colored flowers with the colored hummingbird.

Hummingbird Books

Hector and Hummingbird by Nicholas John Frith
Hummingbird’s Big Trip by G. Brian Karas
My Tiny Life by Ruby T. Hummingbird by Paul Meisel

AlphaTales

We read the H book in our AlphaTales collection. The girls really enjoy these funny phonetic stories.

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

H is for House (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about houses. They enjoyed creating the 3 Little Pigs houses and doing the exercise video. We got our recourses from the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Horse Learning

We read from the Abeka Preschool Language Development Cards to learn more houses.
She also completed her house room matching page from her Abeka Arts and Crafts with Button Bear book.

House Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter H. My 3 year old had a capital H and lowercase h with tracing arrows, along with a house to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing H’s and h’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

H is for House Craft

I printed this H is for House Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the capital “H” for them to paint their favorite color. After that dried they glued it to a piece of blue construction paper. Then I cut out the roof, windows, and door for them to glue on.

Four Houses

The girls each had a similar number 4 paper for counting fish. My 3 year old had the number 4 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and 4 houses to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 4’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Shape Houses

I printed out the Shape House and pieces, then the girls cut out the shapes and glued them in the appropriate places.

I spy the letter H

We did the I Spy the Letter H or h with a dot dauber.

House Color Match

I printed out the House Color Match game, and cut them out. I laminated them and the cut them again. Then we turned them all upside down and took turns flipping to try to find matching colors. They enjoyed this game, and did great taking turns.

The 3 Little Pigs Houses

First we watched The Three Little Pigs on Youtube.
Then I printed The Three Little Pigs activity onto cardstock.
Then the girls glued small pieces of yellow paper for the house of straw. Then toothpicks for the house of sticks. Last they glued on small red rectangles cut from red paper for the bricks.

Active House Play

We also loved participating in the Little House Exercise Adventures from The Good and the Beautiful.

Lego House

House Books

Mr. Pine’s Purple House by Leonard Kessler
My House by Byron Barton
Houses and Homes (Around the World) by Ann Morris

My “h” Book

I read the My “h” Book by Jane Belk Moncure to the girls too. An astronaut helps Little a in the book.

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

H is for Horse (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about horses. They enjoyed painting and counting today. We got our recourses from the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Horse Science

Then we watched the Miniature Horses from The Good and the Beautiful video.
I read the letter H from the Abeka Animal Friends Flashcards to learn more about the bees. We watched Homer Horse Song to go with the card.
We learned more about horses by watching this Animals for Kids Horse video.
She also did her Horse page from her Abeka Letters & Sounds for 3’s book.
She also made a rocking horse from her Abeka Arts and Crafts with Button Bear book.

Horse Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter H. My 3 year old had a capital H and lowercase h with tracing arrows, along with a horse to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing H’s and h’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

h is for horse Craft

I printed this h is for Horse Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “h” for them to paint brown. After that dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the wings and tail for them to glue on.

Two Horses

The girls each had a similar number 2 paper for counting fish. My 3 year old had the number 2 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and a horses to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 2’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter H is for Horse, Hummingbird, and House Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Counting Carrots

I printed out the Counting Carrots game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. First she found the carrot numbers in order and then fed them to the horse.

Horse Number Recognition

I printed out the Horse Number Recognition game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. First she counted the dots on the barn and then found the matching horse number.

Horseshoe Patterns

She likes making patterns, so I found this Horseshoe Patterns worksheet for her to complete.
She used the dot dauber to complete the patterns.

Horse Books

Hello, Horse by Vivian French
If I Had a Horse by Gianna Marino
Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

Preschool Belle Photoshoot

My granddaughter is 3 years old and loves to dress up as a princess. This month we chose Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast because I love the snow scene. Also, her snow dress is red white makes me think of Christmas.

Princess Belle is a loyal, intelligent, passionate, generous, book loving 17 year old girl from France. Her sidekick is Lumiere an enchanted candlestick meaning “light”.

Belle quote: “I want adventure in the great, wide somewhere.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 states, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.”

She wore her beautiful yellow dress, with the “Belle” hair bow from this Disney Princess Bow Pack. I made the fire place out of some diaper boxes last Christmas and took the girls pictures in front of it. I hung a gold curtain for the backdrop and used my homemade cardboard stone floor that we used in our X-Men Trunk-or-Treat. The Bible that she is holding is my favorite Thomas Kinkade Bible, and the rest of the props came from the local thrift store a few years ago.

Here are some more of my toddler and preschool photoshoots:

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G is for Garden (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about gardens. They enjoyed coloring, cutting and gluing papers today. We got our recourses from the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Garden Science

We read from the Abeka Preschool Language Development Cards to learn more gardens.
We learned about plant life cycle with the Pumpkin Life Cycle poster.
We learned more about gardens by watching this Magic School Bus Spring has Sprung video.
She also did her Garden page from her Abeka Letters & Sounds for 3’s book.

Garden Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter G. My 3 year old had a capital G and lowercase g with tracing arrows, along with a garden to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing G’s and g’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Garden Counting

After we reviewed what kinds of vegetables can grow in the garden I printed out these How Many Vegetable papers. They cut out the numbers at the bottom of the paper and then counted the vegetables and glued the correct number under each row of vegetables.

Two Gardens

The girls each had a similar number 2 paper for counting gardens. My 3 year old had the number 2 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and a globe to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 2’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Garden Shapes

I printed out some worksheets to review shapes. They colored the water droplet shapes that matched the flower shapes.

Garden Patterns

She likes making patterns, so I found this Garden Vegetables worksheet for her to complete.

Flower Pot Names

The girls use the Flower Pot Names paper to practice making their names.

Garden Books

Up, Down, and Around by Kathrine Ayres
A Gardener’s Alphabet by Mary Azarian
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Elhert

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

G is for Globe (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about the globe today. They enjoyed painting as always and playing catch with an inflatable globe. We got our recourses for today from the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Globe Learning

We read the Globe Poster from Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.
We learned more about globes and maps by reading Me on the Map by Joan Sweeny.
The girls liked Caitie’s Classroom Great Big World a lot.
We also watched The Wild Kratts Our Blue and Green World.

Globe Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter G. My 3 year old had a capital G and lowercase g with tracing arrows, along with a globe to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing G’s and g’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

G is for Globe Craft

I printed this G is for Globe craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the capital “G” for them to paint gray. Then I cut out the earth for them to glue onto a piece of black construction paper. Last they glued the capital “G” on the globe.

Three Globes

The girls each had a similar number 3 paper for counting globes. My 3 year old had the number 3 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and a globe to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 3’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

3-D Globe Painting

We looked at our globe to talk about the blue water and the green land. Then the girls used watercolors to paint the Globe Printable. We cut them out and slid them together to make a globe.

Compass Rose

We learned about the Compass Rose with this poster and then reviewed the directions with the Compass Rose cut and paste paper.

Globe Worksheets

We did the I Spy the Letter G or g with a dot dauber.
She also reviewed her shapes with the Shape Globe paper.

Playdough Globe

I printed out and laminated the Globe Dough Mat. She rolled out green and blue Play Doh and placed the appropriate colors for the water and land on the globe.

Inflatable Globe

They loved playing catch with the inflatable globe. We reviewed where the water was and where the land was when they caught it.

Globe Books

Mapping Penny’s World by Loreen Leedy
maps and globes by harriet barton
Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney

AlphaTales

We read the G book in our AlphaTales collection. The girls really enjoy these funny phonetic stories.

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

G is for Goat (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about goats today. They enjoyed painting as always and pretending to be mountain goats on the couch. We got our recourses for today from the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Goat Science

Then we watched the Baby Goats from The Good and the Beautiful video.
I read the letter G from the Abeka Animal Friends Flashcards to learn more about the goats. We watched Gomer Goat Song to go with the card.
We learned more about bees by watching this Animals for Kids Goat video.
She also did her Goat page from her Abeka Letters & Sounds for 3’s book.
They also had fun doing the Goat Jump and playing Mountain Goats on the couch.

Goat Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter G. My 3 year old had a capital G and lowercase g with tracing arrows, along with a goat to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing G’s and g’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

g is for Goat Craft

I printed this g is for goat Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “g” for them to paint brown. After that dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the horns, face, and beard for them to glue on.

One Goat

The girls each had a similar number 1 paper for counting goats. My 3 year old had the number 1 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and a goat to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 1’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter G is for Goat, Garden, Globe Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

My “g” Book

I read the My “g” Book by Jane Belk Moncure to the girls too.

Goat Worksheets

The girls read the Color Sentences and colored the got the correct colors.
She also Helped the Goats get to the Mountains by tracing the curvy lines.

Goat over the Bridge

I printed out the Goat over the Bridge positional activity and laminated it. Then I read the sentence to her with each positional word, she placed the goat in the proper position on the bridge paper.

Goat Books

Grumpy Goat by Brett Helquist
Let’s Count Goats by Mem Fox
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

Thanksgiving Turkey (fruit & vegetable) Platters -25

Storm loves fresh fruits and vegetables, so we made turkey platters to snack on while Thanksgiving dinner was being made. We also made a meat, cheese, and cracker platter as well.

Fruit Platter

We placed half of a pear on the bottom of the platter for the turkey body, with sliced olive eyes and cut carrot feet and beak. Then we placed strawberries, orange slices, and grapes around the platter for the turkey feathers.

We also used waffle cones for the kids to make their own cornucopia’s with their fruit.

Vegetable Platter

I cut the top off of a red pepper and cleaned our the insides to make a bowl for the turkey body. We placed it near the bottom of the platter. I used the end that I cut off for the turkey’s head, with sliced olive eyes and cut pepper feet and beak. I also cut yellow peppers into strips coming out the of top of the turkeys head like feathers. Then we placed cucumber slices, baby carrots, celery sticks, and more pepper strips around the platter for the turkey feathers.

To make the ranch, I used 16 ounces of sour cream and a ranch dry mix packet.

Meat & Cheese Platter

We placed a cheese ball on the bottom of the platter for the turkey body, with sliced olive eyes and cut carrot feet and beak. Then we placed cheeses, crackers, meat slices, and honey candied almonds around the platter for the turkey feathers.

Gingerbread Castle

I found an Oreo cookie castle kit for our Thanksgiving Gingerbread House Tradition. We added all kind of Oreo’s and Christmas candies including Mini Oreo’s, Christmas lights sprinkles, spice drops, snowflake sprinkles, pull and peel Twizzlers, and mini candy canes.

We used the icing that came with the kit as the glue for the cookie pieces, but I made my buttercream icing for the decorations on the bottom. Then she used my piping bags to put icing wherever she wanted it.

Buttercream Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Buttercream Directions:

Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
Color with yellow food coloring.

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F is for Firefighter (preschool)

The girls loved learning about firefighters today. They loved making fire dough and a firetruck snack. We got our recourses for today from the Letter F is for Fish, Firefighter, Flower Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Firefighter Science

We read from the Abeka Preschool Language Development Cards to learn more firefighters.
We learned more about Firefighter’s Equipment with the poster.
We reviewed what things are hot with the What’s Hot? What’s Not? printable.
We learned more about firefighters by watching Danny Go visits the Fire Station and Caitie’s Classroom visit’s the Fire Station.

Firefighter Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter F. My 3 year old had a capital F and lowercase f with tracing arrows, along with a firefighter to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing F’s and f’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter F is for Fish, Firefighter, Flower Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Two Firefighters

The girls each had a similar number 2 paper for counting firefighters. My 3 year old had the number 2 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and a flower to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 2’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter F is for Fish, Firefighter, Flower Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Firetruck Snack

We put red icing on the Graham Cracker. Then we used a small square of the graham cracker for the driver’s window and the Mini Oreo‘s for the wheels. We made a ladder out of the pretzel sticks.

Tissue Paper Flame

I printed and cut out the flame onto cardstock. Then we cut our red and yellow tissue paper into 1 inch squares. We wrapped the tissue papers around the eraser on our pencils and then dipped them into glue. Then we press the tissues onto the flame.

Stop, Drop, and Roll

I printed out the Stop, Drop, and Roll poster and the girls practiced it over and over.

My “f” Book

I read the My “f” Book by Jane Belk Moncure to the girls too. Little f helps the firemen put out a fire.

Put out the Fire

She also Helped the Fireman put out the Fires by tracing the curvy lines.

Homemade Fire Dough (Cloud Dough)

To make our fire dough we mixed 1 cup of conditioner, 2 cups of cornstarch, and 1/4 cup of cold water, then we added red and yellow food coloring to make it orange.

Shape Flames

I printed out the Fire Shapes and laminated them for the girls to make shapes with their fire dough.

Firefighter Books

Let’s Meet a Firefighter by Gina Bellisario
The Fire Engine Book by Tibor Gergely
Curious George and the Firefighters by H. A. Rey

Here are some of our other alphabet preschool posts:

F is for Flower (preschool)

The girls loved learning about flowers today. They enjoyed making flowers with playdough, candy, and toys. We got our recourses for today from the Letter F is for Fish, Firefighter, Flower Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Flower Science

Then we watched the Flower Parts from The Good and the Beautiful video.
We read from the Abeka Preschool Language Development Cards to learn more flowers.
She counted 4 flowers with her Abeka Numbers and Skills with Button Bear book.
I printed out the Parts of a Flower poster and Flower Life Cycle poster for us to study as well.

Flower Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter F. My 3 year old had a capital F and lowercase f with tracing arrows, along with a flower to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing F’s and f’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter F is for Fish, Firefighter, Flower Preschool Pack Digital Download.

f is for Flower Craft

I printed this f is for Flower Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “f” for them to paint green along with the leaves. They got to paint the flower whatever color they chose. After that dried they glued it to a piece of black construction paper. Then they glued the leaves and flower onto the “f”.

Three Flowers

The girls each had a similar number 3 paper for counting flowers. My 3 year old had the number 3 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and a flower to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 3’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter F is for Fish, Firefighter, Flower Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Flower Garden Toys

They seem to really enjoy these Flower Garden Building Toys. You can mix and match the stem, leaves, petals, and the middle of the flowers. Today, they made a rainbow flower garden.

Candy Flowers

She often ask for a “treat”, so today we made flowers from our M&M’s.

Flower Pot Color Matching

I printed out the Flower Pot Color Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She reviewed each color as she matched up the colored flowers to the colored flower pots.

Playdough Flowers

I printed out and laminated the Flower Pot Play Dough Mat. She rolled out green Play Doh for the stems, and then colored Play Doh for the flower petals.